Re: remaining tasks before Autoconf release

[Paul Eggert]

On 2023-05-12 05:32, Bruno Haible wrote:
> there are two AC_MSG_FAILURE invocations. Removing this
> line from the invocation in AC_SYS_YEAR2038_RECOMMENDED does not remove it
> from the invocation in AC_SYS_YEAR2038.

Oh, thanks for explaining that. I installed the attached patch to 
address the problem you mentioned. It doesn't quite follow your 
suggestion, as it also adds some wording mentioning that year-2038 
support is recommended for the package, before notifying the builder how 
to go ahead and use 32-bit time_t anyway.

0001-Improve-AC_SYS_YEAR2038_RECOMMENDED-diagnostic.patch
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